JEFFERSON CITY — Word is that the two campaign camps for Republicans Allen Icet and Thomas Schweich have been talking in the last week, apparently in an attempt to get one of the two possible candidates for auditor to step out of…

JEFFERSON CITY — Say this about Roy Blunt: He knows the art of the deal.

A few weeks ago, when I wrote about the impending train wreck facing the Missouri GOP — last night’s Spirit of Enterprise fund-raiser honoring former Sen.…

UPDATE: In a phone interview, Thomas Schweich says the timing of his announcement was not an accident. “It was really important to me to have this resolved before (Danforth) makes his statement tonight,” he said. “The timing was not by accident.”

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Thomas Schweich

WASHINGTON — Thomas Schweich, a visiting law professor at Washington University and Bush administration official, is considering running in the Republican primary for the Senate seat being vacated by Christopher S. “Kit” Bond, R-Mo.

Schweich said he is in the…